Events

ÖWGP Summer School on Sustainable Production

By Franz Haas on Jul 10th, 2023

From 10 July to 14 July 2023, the ÖWGP (Austrian Scientific Association of Production Engineering) organised its first international summer school at the Technical Universities of Graz and Vienna. Lectures and presentations over five days were organised under the topic of "Sustainable Production". In the context of SME 5.0, issues such as energy efficiency, humans and labour, polymer technology and smart production were addressed in lectures and discussed in detail. Prof Franz Haas gave a lecture on data evaluation using edge computing and energy value analysis. The students (including those from SME 5.0 partner TUKE) developed concepts for saving energy in the production of a modern e-bike as part of a group study. An excursion to the HyCentA hydrogen research centre provided an insight into the world of hydrogen research relating to the production, distribution and use of hydrogen as an energy source in mobility and industry. But there was also plenty of opportunity to socialise. Contacts were deepened and friendships made at a group dinner in the centre of Graz.
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Lecture on SME 5.0 at MFU

By Manuel Woschank on Jun 30th, 2023

As part of the SME5.0 project, Manuel Woschank was privileged to give a guest lecture at Chiang Mai University (June 30 2023), on the topic of Logistics 5.0 research and practice. Thereby, a special focus was placed on recent developments in 1) logistics process optimization, 2) smart logistics, and 3) sustainable logistics. Thank you very much for this great opportunity!
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Lecture on SME 5.0 at CMU

By Manuel Woschank on Jun 30th, 2023

As part of the SME5.0 project, Manuel Woschank was privileged to give a guest lecture at Chiang Mai University (June 30 2023), on the topic of Logistics 5.0 research and practice. Thereby, a special focus was placed on recent developments in 1) logistics process optimization, 2) smart logistics, and 3) sustainable logistics.

Thank you very much for this great opportunity!
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Secondment

By Vladimír Modrák on Jun 22nd, 2023

Active attendance at ISIEA Symposium 2nd International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Automation: Towards a Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Industry,
held on 22nd-23rd June 2023, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.
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secondment

By Jan Pitel on Jun 22nd, 2023

Mapping and analysing current requirements and future expectations in transition of SMEs towards digital business practices.
Active attendance at ISIEA Symposium 2nd International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Automation: Towards a Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Industry, held on 22nd-23rd June 2023, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. The paper on “Modularity effect on the manufacturing lead time of assembly processes“ has been presented within the section “Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains“.
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UNIBZ intensifies cooperation with TU Graz

By Erwin Rauch on Jun 22nd, 2023

On June 22 and 23, everything at the Bolzano campus revolves around the hot topic of "Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Industry". The 2nd edition of the International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Automation (ISIEA 2023) brings together representatives from industry and research to share new technological opportunities and scientific findings; with keynote speeches from well-known companies such as Schaeffler Group and Loacker or international universities such as Graz University of Technology (Prof. Franz Haas, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Economics).
In the context of this event discussions further intensified the existing collaboration between the Free University of Bolzano and Graz Technical University in the area of research and teaching. The unibz research team had already involved TU Graz as Principal Investigator in the EU SME 5.0 project. The aim now is to further expand this fruitful cooperation, including by exploring and designing joint didactic offerings.
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SME 5.0 project video online

By Erwin Rauch on Jun 20th, 2023

We proudly present our new SME 5.0 project video. The creation of the video was a collaboration of SME 5.0 consortium partners under the coordination of Chiang Mai University (CMU) in Thailand and Montanuniversität Leoben (MUL) from Austria.
The following link shows the new video on YouTube channel explaining the context of Industry 5.0, the project objectives and goals. With 2 Interviews of Dr. Manuel Woschank from MUL and Dr. Poti Chaopaisarn from CMU. Here the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/@sme50
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Special Lecture on SME 5.0

By Manuel Woschank on Jun 18th, 2023

Corina Pacher and Manuel Woschank were pleased to conduct a workshop on the topic of opportunities, barriers, and requirements of future work in SMEs at Mae Fah Luang University as part of the SME5.0 secondment on Sunday, 18.06.2023. The results of the workshop will be analyzed using qualitative content analysis and published in a paper.

As part of the SME5.0 project, Manuel Woschank was privileged to give a guest lecture at Mae Fah Luang University (June 18 2023), on the topic of Logistics 5.0 research and practice. Thereby, a special focus was placed on recent developments in 1) logistics process optimization, 2) smart logistics, and 3) sustainable logistics. Thank you very much for this great opportunity!
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SME 5.0 Lecture at MFU

By Manuel Woschank on Jun 18th, 2023

As part of the SME5.0 project, Manuel Woschank was privileged to give a guest lecture at Chiang Mai University, on the topic of Logistics 5.0 research and practice. Thereby, a special focus was placed on recent developments in 1) logistics process optimization, 2) smart logistics, and 3) sustainable logistics.

Thank you very much for this great opportunity!
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